Ex-boyfriend who set fire to Ugandan athlete dies

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Alamy Uganda's Rebecca Cheptegei successful  enactment   during the women's marathon final
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Rebecca Cheptegei died past week aft being doused successful petrol and acceptable connected occurrence by a erstwhile boyfriend

The erstwhile fellow of Ugandan jock Rebecca Cheptegei, who died aft helium acceptable her connected fire, has himself died aft succumbing to burns, an authoritative astatine the Kenyan infirmary wherever helium was being treated has said.

Dickson Ndiema ambushed the marathon runner arsenic she returned location from religion much than a week ago, earlier dousing her with petrol and mounting her ablaze.

Local administrators said the 2 had been successful struggle implicit a tiny portion of onshore successful north-west Kenya, wherever Cheptegei lived and trained.

Ndiema died connected Monday nighttime astatine the intensive attraction portion wherever helium had been admitted with much than 30% burns.

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